Lately

July 15, 2013

Summer food is in its peak – watermelon, zucchini, peaches, berries! My favorite time of the year for fresh food. Sadly our garden greens have dried up, but in their place we now have tons of cherry tomatoes and a couple of heirlooms!

Breakfasts

Watermelon, Red, White & Blue swirl bread, egg, banana.

Berries, toast with banana and almond butter, scrambled egg

Iced coffee, French toast on High Five, berries, banana

High Five toast, egg, white peach, blackberries

Oatmeal bake with almond butter and banana

Toast, banana, eggs, coffee on a rainy moring

Lunches

Smoked trout over a salad with avocado, goat cheese and heirloom tomato. Lemonade water on the side

Delicious Indian-spiced tempeh soup at a friend’s house. Goat cheese + Greek yogurt on top and scones on the side.

I’m in shock that I haven’t noticed/seen the Garden of Eatin sweet potato tortilla chips in our stores. I LOVE the blue corn tortilla chips with the chili powder – they taste like nacho doritos. I’ll have to look a bit closer and see if they have the sweet potato ones.

Summer food is definitely the best. I always miss it when the seasons change! I love that chicken + waffle dish. My mom ordered something similar out to breakfast this weekend and it was divine! You really can’t go wrong with a waffle plus some deep-fried chicken.

So much fresh produce! You’re such an inspiration when it comes to finding easy yet creative ways to add veggies to your plate! And as always, with such marvelous photography! I can’t wait for my Farmer’s Market to come around again so I can get my fruits and vegetables and try to replicate some dishes

I love summertime so much and the fresh fruit is one of the big reasons. I’m pretty sure I buy a watermelon, cantaloupe and pineapple at the store every week. And now that our little guy eats fruit too, it serves as double duty. This year I’ve picked up some really sweet, ripe melons and am so pleased! Sometimes it’s hit or miss but this year it’s all been spot on.

I want to find out that french fry recipe. They were so good! Your pictures at Maya turned out so well. I’m excited to try Two Guys Tacos. I have to admit, I thought that restaurant was going to be like another White Spot, always good but not so healthy, but the dishes look awesome!

That’s cool that Virginia has a blogger group with meetups like that. I’ve been trying to find something similar in Texas. I know Austin has a pretty strong blogging community, but I haven’t been able to find the blogging community that I feel like I would fit in here in Dallas.

i’ve had french fries made with grits & potato before, and i really think they’re awesome! so much better, to me, than a plain french fry. i would love to try grilling romaine one day. i bet that is so delish!

i love the idea of always having a little fruit with breakfast. i’d never think to have breakfast side dishes. but i haven’t been getting in NEARLY enough fruits + vegetables recently. in the middle of summer, no less…

Hi Kath! Great pics on this post. I’m a HUGE fan of grilled romaine. Glad to see it on your plate:-). Our garden greens have dried up here too, but we also are getting a lot of summer fruits in as well. All your food looks so good! Thanks for sharing.

I must ask you Kath… Let me preface this with that I used to work at Foodbuzz and I know tons about both blogs and the food service industry; but are you really that hungry at breakfast? I will have a cup of coffee and not eat again for hours. I just can’t imagine eating oats or anything at 7am. I love eggs, but they need to come past 10am for me to stomach them. Do you think it’s just a lifestyle thing thing? (For the record, I don’t drink and rarely go out) or a metabolism thing? I have always been about 111-119 and i’m 5’8″. We’ve always been thin but we eat. But I cannot imagine stomaching all that food pre 8am. Let me know. A long time follow.

That fish taco looks amazing, but I am especially curious about the grass fed hot dog! I usually get my grass fed burgers from the farmer’s market (although the grocery store does carry a small quantity). Where did you find them?

I recently saw a Great Harvest Bread Company in Salt Lake City, UT. Is it a chain or was that just a coincidence? The bread you have always looks delicious. If we have Great Harvest here, I will have to go and get some.

Sweet potato fries are happening in my house either tonight or tomorrow night. I didn’t buy them last week (what was I thinking?!), so I’m in serious withdrawal!! I think I could eat 3 to myself in one sitting haha.

And your iced coffee is making me wish that I wasn’t out of almond milk right now. I need to get more so I can dilute my coffee concentrate sitting in the fridge!!

The “lately” posts always make me drool. Almost literally…haha! That ice cream cookie looks incredible. What is it about summer that makes me ask myself almost every night, “should I just have ice cream for dinner?”

You have had some awesome meals! That tempeh soup really does sound amazing- what else was in there? I can’t tell from the pic and would love to try and make a version myself…
And i was looking at the no bull burger site to place an order but it doesn’t say anywhere how many are in a package! Is it two or four? (It just says “pack” -And they should fix that!)

The food at restaurant week looked amazing!! I think the fries may have been polenta fries? Oh and I love everything you write about Mazen. I am in school getting my RD and I have a 9 month old. So- what you are feeding him is especially helpful!